Kinky Boots will run at The Playhouse on Rodney Square from May 8-10, 2026. (Photo provided by Bryan Buttler Media Relations)

Broadway in Wilmington announces new season featuring fan favorites

Claudia EstradaTown Square Live, Arts & Entertainment, Headlines

WILMINGTON- The Playhouse on Rodney Square has announced its 2025/26 Broadway in Wilmington season, featuring a lineup that includes Mrs. Doubtfire, The Book of Mormon, Kinky Boots, and Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. Subscriptions for the new season are now available, with single ticket sales expected to open later this summer. “The Playhouse on Rodney Square’s 25/26 season celebrates the …

KJ Johnson's Young Simba in "The Lion King" on Broadway. (Courtesy of Kenneth E Johnson)

Cab student plays Young Simba in ‘Lion King’ on Broadway

Ken MammarellaCulture, Headlines

The first Broadway show that KJ Johnson saw was “The Lion King.” And now the Cab Calloway School of the Arts student is in the hit Disney musical, as one of two actors playing Young Simba. When KJ and his father, Kenneth E. Johnson, got the news that he was cast, “There was a lot of jumping and screaming and …

'Book of Mormon' lottery

‘Book of Mormon’ tickets on sale for March show

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

  Single tickets are now on sale for the March 10-12 run of “The Book of Mormon” at the Playhouse on Rodney Square. When the show does play Wilmington in the spring, it will be almost 12 years to the day since the irreverent tale of two missionaries serving in Africa became a Broadway sensation. The tickets, which range from …